In a landmark study of 125 Australian children with high-risk cancer—whose tumor cells were grown in the lab and tested against a suite of potential therapies—Children's Cancer Institute researchers have found that they ...
Aug 2, 2023
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"Why didn't anyone tell me about this virus?" is a frequent response I hear from parents upon learning their newborn is infected with cytomegalovirus, or CMV. Although more than half of the U.S. population will be infected ...
May 31, 2023
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Researchers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that mailing human papillomavirus (HPV) self-collection tests and offering assistance to book in-clinic ...
May 11, 2023
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For people with cancer, chemotherapy saves lives, but for some patients, the treatment comes with a side effect—heart damage. Screening cancer drugs for cardiotoxicity has been an ongoing challenge, as heart cells don't ...
Apr 20, 2023
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Researchers at Oregon State University have created a means of speeding up and improving the evaluation process for drugs used to combat cervical cancer.
Mar 31, 2023
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A National Institutes of Health team has identified a compound already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that keeps light-sensitive photoreceptors alive in three models of Leber congenital amaurosis type 10 ...
Mar 29, 2023
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People with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are at in increased risk for liver cancer, cirrhosis and are 70% to 85% more likely to die prematurely than the general population, according to the Atlanta-based Centers ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Scientists have revealed details of the discovery of new inhibitors of the BCL6 protein, which is involved in driving several cancer types including the blood cancer B-cell lymphoma.
Feb 9, 2023
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A form of blood cancer known as mantle cell lymphoma is critically dependent on a protein that coordinates gene expression, such that blocking its activity with an experimental drug dramatically slows the growth of this lymphoma ...
Nov 22, 2022
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Sitting atop the kidneys, the adrenal gland plays a pivotal role in maintaining a healthy body. Responding to signals from the brain, the gland secretes hormones that support critical functions like blood pressure, metabolism, ...
Nov 21, 2022
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